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I was seven years old in June 1972 and had just moved into a new house in a new housing development in Miami, Florida. Our house was not quite finished, the Ilvento's house next door was and they were already living there. My family had already become friends with them and one day we went by and there in the circular driveway, next to a huge pile of landscaping sand, was a lime green 1972 240Z. I was stunned as I already loved cars at that age. My first actual ride was on Halloween when Mr. Ilvento loaded his son Chuck and my brother and I into the rear hatch area to drive around looking for neighborhoods to trick-or-treat in. I was already fascinated by car gauges like speedometer, battery, temp, etc. and I had never seen gauges that big and spread across the dash like that - I thought I was in a jet fighter. Absolutely seared into my memory..........
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